Israel Pliner

Israel Pliner (Russian: Израиль Израилевич Плинер, Izrail Izrailevich Pliner) (1896–1939) was a Soviet communist and high functionary of the Soviet secret police. Notable posts include deputy chief of GULAGS[1][2] in (1935-1937) and (1937-1938).

Izrail Pliner

Early life

Pliner was born in the Vilna province of the Russian Empire. His parents were Jewish.[3]

Career

He joined the Red Army in 1919 and the Russian Communist Party (b) in 1922. Pilner was one of the main collaborators of Nikolai Yezhov, head of the NKVD in the years 1936–1938, and collaborator of other organizers of the Great Terror in the USSR.

On August 16, 1937, he became the head of the board of the communist concentration camps GULAG NKVD five days after the beginning of Polish Operation of the NKVD. According to NKVD documents, 139,835 Poles who were citizens of the USSR were convicted in 1937. Of this number, 111,091 Poles were directly killed, and 28,744 Poles were sent to communist GULAG concentration camps.

In 1937, he directed the deportation of 172,000 Korean citizens of the USSR from the Soviet Far East to Central Asia (to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan).

He was arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary activities in 1938 and executed in 1939.[3][4]

References
  1. Congdon, Lee (2017-09-15). Solzhenitsyn: The Historical-Spiritual Destinies of Russia and the West. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-60909-224-5.
  2. Baberowski, Jörg (2016-11-22). Scorched Earth: Stalin's Reign of Terror. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22057-5.
  3. Mikaberidze, Alexander (30 November 2018). Behind Barbed Wire: An Encyclopedia of Concentration and Prisoner-of-War Camps. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-5762-1. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. "Плинер Израиль Израилевич" at hrono.ru, citing books:
    • Залесский К.А. Империя Сталина. Биографический энциклопедический словарь. Москва, Вече, 2000
    • В.Абрамов. Евреи в КГБ. Палачи и жертвы. М., Яуза - Эксмо, 2005.


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